The Southern California Quantitative Finance Forum (SCQF) is a new recurring research forum for the Quantitative Finance Community in Southern California.
Our goal is to convene every Fall and Spring quarter for a late-afternoon, in-person event featuring talks by both external and local speakers, followed by a dinner.
The forum is jointly organized by the Mathematical Finance groups at UCSB, USC, UCLA, and Caltech.
Monday, November 9, 2026 at USC. Talks are in the Kaprielian Hall, KAP 414.
2:30 - 3:30 pm: Informal Meet & Greet at TBA.
3:30 – 4:20 pm: Steven Kou (Questrom School of Business, Boston University)
TBA
4:30 – 5:20 pm: TBA
5:30 – 5:50 pm: TBA
6:00 – 6:20 pm: TBA
Dinner: TBA